Rs 80 For 1L Water: Advocate Moves MP HC Against Multiplexes Selling Food Items At Exhorbitant Rates [Read Petition]

Shocked at the unreasonably high rate of water and other snacks at the multiplexes, an advocate has moved the Madhya Pradesh High Court seeking direction to the state government to bring in a policy to regulate the price of food items in multiplexes.Advocate Mohammad Iqurram from Bhopal moved the high court saying “multiplexes and theatres intentionally keep costly food items in their...

SC Collegium Recommends An Additional Judge Of Patna HC To Be Made Permanent

The Supreme Court on Monday recommended Additional Judge of Patna High Court, Justice Arun Kumar to be made permanent.The Collegium comprising Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Madan B. Lokur had the names of six Additional Judges before it. The following names had been forwarded to it by the Collegium of the Patna High Court in January this year:...

Punjab & Haryana HC Confirms Death Penalty For Haryana Women & Her Lover For Murdering 7 Members Of Her Family [Read Judgment]

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday confirmed the death sentence awarded to a Haryana woman and her boyfriend for poisoning and strangulating seven members of her family, including four children, in September 2009.The Bench comprising Justice A.B. Chaudhari and Justice Kuldip Singh observed, “In this case, the collective conscience of community is shocked and in opinion of this...

It Is The Government’s Duty To Ensure That Every Police Personnel Gets A Day Off In A Week: Madras HC [Read Order]

The Madras High Court last week recommended that the extra Rs. 200 paid to police officers who work during their day offs be restricted to just once every month, so that policemen get to relax and spend time with their families.Justice N. Kirubakaran observed, “If extra time remuneration of Rs.200/- per day is paid, definitely the police personnel will be sacrificing their weekly off...

Marital Rape Hearing-Marriage Does Not Mean That Wife Should Always Be Willing To Engage In Sexual Relations: Delhi HC

Hearing petitions demanding criminalisation of marital rape, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday reportedly asserted that marriage does not mean that the wife should always be willing to consent to have physical relations with her husband.The observation was made by a Bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C. Hari Shankar, on a Petition by the RIT Foundation, with the...

Acceptance Of Bribe Can Be Presumed If Accused Fails To Give Satisfactory Explanation For Possessing Bribe Money: SC [Read Judgment]

‘Since it is established that the accused was possessing the bribe money, it was for them to explain that how the bribe money has been received by them and if he fails to offer any satisfactory explanation, it will be presumed that he has accepted the bribe.’Interpreting Section 20 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, the Supreme Court in State of Gujarat vs. Navinbhai Chandrakant Joshi,...

‘Permanent’ Custody Of Children Can’t Be Ordered In Proceedings Under Domestic Violence Act: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

‘It is only when an application for protection order or for any other relief under this Act is pending, at any stage of hearing of such application, the aggrieved person has been given right to seek temporary custody of the child or children.’The Bombay High Court in Sham Kumbhakarna vs. Yogita has held that no ‘permanent custody’ orders can be made in proceedings under the Protection...

Smell Of Alcohol Not Enough To Prosecute Person For Consuming Alcohol In Public: Kerala HC [Read Order]

In a case of its own kind where a man was being prosecuted for consuming liquor in public on the basis of smell of alcohol while the alco meter gave a “strange result” of 12,777.3 mg per 100 ml, the Kerala High Court has said that a person cannot be prosecuted on the basis of mere smell of alcohol.Justice P Ubaid quashed the prosecution of the petitioner who was being prosecuted under...

In Digital Ecosystem, Telecom Users Have Right Over Personal Data, Companies Are Mere Custodians, Says TRAI [Read Report]

Telecom watchdog Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has said users have the primary right over their personal information while entities controlling or processing this data are mere custodians who should be brought under a data protection framework to protect consumers from misuse of their personal data.“Each user owns his/ her personal information/data collected by/ stored with...

Kerala Church Sex Scandal: SC Stays Arrest Of Two Accused Priests Till Thursday

The Supreme Court today deferred till Thursday the hearing on anticipatory bail plea of Father Soni Abraham Varghese and Father Jaise K George in connection with the sex scandal case involving Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church in Kerala.A Bench of Justice A K Sikri and Justice Ashok Bhushan meanwhile directed that no action shall be taken against the two till Thursday."We are not saying...

‘The Wire’ Stands By Its Article Against Jay Amit Shah; Rules Out Apology

The Wire affirmed that it was standing by its article published against Jay Amit Shah, by ruling out an apology to him. “There is no question of apology”, submitted Senior Advocate Raju Ramachandran, appearing for ‘ The Wire ’ and reporter Rohini Singh, who was the author of the contentious article titled “The Golden Touch of Jay Amit Shah”.“The Wire” has approached the...

Consent Not A Defence For Offences Under POCSO Act: Kerala HC [Read Order]

"A minor girl can be easily lured into giving consent for sexual intercourse since she does not have the capacity to understand the implications thereof. Such a consent, therefore, is treated as not an informed consent given after understanding the pros and cons as well as consequences of the intended action."While denying pre-arrest bail of a person accused of committing offence under POCSO...